Theodore Roosevelt

See Allentown's own 10-time World Champion Cadets compete against other world-class corps when the DCI Eastern Classic Drum and Bugle Corps Championship returns to J. Birney Crum Stadium in Allentown Friday and Saturday. The Cadets, a program of Youth Education in the Arts, will present a patriotic program "Promise: An American Portrait," that includes the words of Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy and features the music of Aaron Copland. The Cadets are ranked second in the world behind the Blue Devils from Concord, Calif., which won the title 15 times. The Blue Devils will compete Friday along with nine other corps, Twelve corps will...

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